Bonus quote!
Went shooting today with D. We walked around the fields near the hospital & put up 4 bunches of partridges but couldn’t hit them. I also missed a hare & one pigeon. Did get one hare. While we were waiting for the farmer to come out a little cocker pup I had brought along whipped in & drank out of the milk bucket…. [The] dog is a great dog on pails but no damned good as a hunting dog.